Value Management in Healthcare av Nathan William Tierney

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Our current healthcare system is broken. The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) predicts health care costs could increase from 6% to 14% of GDP by 2060. The cause of this increase is due to (1) a global aging population, (2) growing affluence, (3) rise in chronic diseases, and (4) better-informed patients; all of which raises the demand for healthcare. In 2006, Michael Porter and Elizabeth Teisberg authored the book ¿Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results.¿ In it, they present their analysis of the root causes plaguing the health care industry and make the case for why providers, suppliers, consumers, and employers should move towards a patient-centric approach that optimizes value for patients. According to Porter, ¿value for patients should be the overarching principle for our broken system.¿ Given the current state of global healthcare, there is urgency to achieve widespread adoption of this new approach. The updated second edi